Joseph Covell (abt. 1675 - aft. 1732)

Born about 1675 in Monomoit or Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Stewart) Covell — married 1700 (to before 1703) in Chatham, Mass

Husband of Hannah (Bassett) Covell — married 1 Mar 1704 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1732 after about age 57 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1675

Place: Chatham, Barnstable Co MA

Removed ABT from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Marriage

To Lydia Stewart 1700^[1]

To Hannah Basset 12 Mar 1703^[2][3]

• Joseph Covell, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Niokerson) Covell, born at Monomoit about 1675, married first Lydia Stewart, daughter of Ensign Hugh of Monomoit, about 1700. She died not long after and he married second Hannah Bassett, daughter of Nathaniel of Yarmouth and sister of Nathan of Monomoit, March 1, 1703-4.^[4]

Death

Death: Y

Date: 1732

Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 56-57

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: FGZP-09

"Joseph Covell,son of Nathaniel and Sarah(Nickerson) Covell, born at Monomoit about 1675, married first Lydia Stewart, daughter of Ensign Hugh of Monomoit, about 1700. She died not long after and he married second Hannah Bassett, daughter of Nathaniel of Yarmouth and sister of Nathan of Monomoit, March 1, 1703-4. His farm was on the east side of Muddy Cove and extended east to the present road from the old cemeteries over to the late Rufus Smith's. It was part of the old William Nickerson farm. There is no record of his death or of his children and no settlement of his estate. He was living as late as 1732, but does not appear in the tax list of 1755." "Children of Joseph Covell: By wife Lydia: 1. Lydia, b. July 12, 1701 (Chat. Rec.), m. Thomas Nickerson, Jr., May 16, 1716(Chat. Rec.). By wife Hannah: (order uncertain): 2. Sarah, b....; m. Willam Nickerson ("Red Stockings"), son of William, about 1723 (Osborn Nickerson papers). 3. James, b...; m.1st Mehitable Nickerson, dau. of Samuel of Harwich, Aug. 4, 1727 (Har. Re.). She died Nov. 26, 1761(Chat. Rec) and he m. 2nd Ruth(Crowell) Kelley, widow of Amos Kelley of Yarmouth, Sept 16, 1762 (Yar. Rec.) . 4. Nathaniel, b...; m. Mary Chase, dau. of Isaac of Yarmouth(Int. July 20, 1740, Yar. Rec.). 5. Joseph, b...;m. Hannah Bassett, dau. of Nathan, and died not too long after marriage, leaving widow and daughter Hannah. 6. Possibly a dau. Constant, who m. Ebenezer Nickerson, son of Thomas. 7. Possibly a dau. Dorcas, who m. James Nickerson, son of William."

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Page 186
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Orleans Records, 1637-1853 Page 336
3. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9XHR : 27 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 109, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 11.
4. ↑ William Christopher Smith, Early Chatham settlers, (Yarmouthport, Mass. : C.W. Swift, 1915), p. 5.

Contributors

This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010, of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011, WikiTree profile Covell-58 created through the import of 00zfc5_802469u520m0l20m6i7fpd.ged on Nov 3, 2012 by Tamara Stevens, Alan MacLeod,

Note

Note: @N10622@

@N10622@ NOTE

Ancestor of Sarah Covell, Mrs William Nickerson (Frederick Augustus Otte).

• A History of Chatham by William Smith, 1971 Edition, p. 217

Children: Footnote# 18